Caroline and her pals Brooklyn and O'Reilly hosted a bake sale--$13.40 raised.$13.40 donated.

A few days later, humanitarian hygiene kits were assembled in our garage. Neighbors and friends flocked over to help assemble them and donated many of the items. The Dollar Store carries every item for these hygiene kits (soap, hand towels, toothbrushes, combs, toothpaste). I can't imagine what it would be like to not have access to a toothbrush or comb for weeks.[My kids can].

Monday, January 18, 2010

We were given a rental minivan while our car was in the shop for some bodywork (not my fault this time). When I was body wrestling Charlotte into her carseat, which I'm too old for, by the way, she was hollering that she didn't want a minivan.

Come to find out she wanted a mickeyvan.

Oh, and I also appreciated this one, courtesy of McPracticality:

"Kids! Get outside and entertain yourselves! Why do you think we had four kids?"